US President Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday asserted that the presidential race of 2020 is far from over and indicated that it will explore all possible options to obtain “an accurate and honest vote count.”
Trump has repeatedly refused to accept that Americans have elected Democrat Joe Biden in the closely-fought November 3 presidential election and is mounting legal fights in several key battleground states.
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His refusal simply means that the election disputes could drag for weeks as states certify their vote counts or push to mid-December when the 538-member Electoral College is set to vote.
According to the several US networks, Biden has won at least 290 electoral votes, 20 more than the required 270 out of the 538 Electoral College votes. Trump has received 214 electoral votes.
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Since networks projected on Saturday that Biden had won the critical state of Pennsylvania, the president-elect has forged ahead with his goals to take reins of the power.
However, Biden cannot technically move to form a government using current government employees until his January inauguration unless permission from Trump is granted to do so. Trump has not conceded to Biden or publicly accepted his loss.